CVE-2026-8631
Published: 20 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-8631 is a critical-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Hp Linux Imaging And Printing. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 32.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-31193
Vulnerability details
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software. This potential vulnerability may allow escalation of privileges and/or arbitrary code execution via an integer overflow in the hpcups processing path when handling crafted print…
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Why these techniques?
Integer overflow in privileged print processing path directly enables local privilege escalation via crafted input leading to arbitrary code execution.
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Mitigating Controls
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